A collection of 66 portraits of military veterans painted by the former commander-in-chief will be on display at the Reach this fall from October 7 to November 15.

This week’s art events are all about interactive exhibitions, celebration of cultural collective unity, and, of course, alcohol and cupcakes.

Normally, I’d leave the art criticism to Kriston, since he’s a bazillion times more qualified to make such broad statements on the aesthetic merits of any new work. But abstract pieces by animals? That’s probably safe territory for me to tread. The Friends of the National Zoo’s ZooFari Online Auction — proceeds of which will support animal care, science, education, and sustainability programs at the Zoo — is up and running and has lots of…

Untitled by Kenichi Hoshine, Courtesy a pop-up project I Dream Awake, presented by the new A Pop-up Project, is the first in a series of pop-up galleries, temporarily taking over the former Numark Gallery on E street. The show brings together an eclectic array of artists and media tied together with a theme of dreams and unconscious reality. Artists from New York, L.A. and D.C. present the overall theme well. It is obvious and…

Image of Jan van Eyck’s Annunciation, courtesy the National Gallery of Art. Written by Aleid Ford, who is profiling 365 masterworks at the National Gallery of Art this year for her project Art 2010, which appears on her website Head for Art. The Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck (c. 1390 – 1441) was one of the best and most important artists of the Northern Renaissance, and his Annunciation at the National Gallery of Art…